Trading closed on Thursday on the Jamaica Stock Exchange with fewer shares changing hands, valued less than on Wednesday, resulting in the major indices of the Main Market and the Junior Market index declining, while the JSE USD Market recorded a moderate gain. At the end of trading, prices of 30 shares rose, 38 declined and 30 remained firm.
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index declined by 2,238.24 points to finish at 319,345.11, the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 1,261.83 points to end trading at 356,290.51, the JSE Main Index declined by 2,235.72 points to 309,440.32, the Junior Market Index shed 13.92 points to 3,272.05 and the JSE USD Market Index gained 0.55 points to settle at 206.30.
At the close of trading, 10,480,379 shares were exchanged in all three markets, down from 23,608,682 units on Wednesday, with the value of stocks traded on the Junior and Main markets amounting to $74.52 million, down from $82.34 million on the previous day and the JSE USD market closed with an exchange of 197,386 shares for US$7,857 compared to 108,254 units at US$4,577 on Wednesday.
Main Market activity ended with Transjamaican Highway leading trading with 1.63 million shares, followed by QWI Investments with 680,582 stocks and Innovative Energy with 352,221 units.
In Junior Market trading, Kintyre Holdings with a reduced volume of just 1.03 million shares, was the leading junior market trader, followed by Regency Petroleum with 815,980 stocks and Dolla Financial with 609,815 units.
In the preference segment, Jamaica Public Service 7% advanced $5 and ended at $40 and 138 Student Living preference share popped $10 to $250.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used in valuing stocks, ended at 13.7 based on 2025-26 earnings and 14.7 times 2024 earnings. ICInsider.com PE chart and the more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
The PE ratio chart covers all the ordinary shares that are listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, grouped by industry, allowing for easy comparisons within a sector and the overall market. The earnings per share (EPS) and PE ratios are based on 2024 and 2025 actual or projected earnings, excluding any major one time income or expense.
Pertinent information is required to navigate numerous investment options successfully in the stock market. The chart should be used in making rational decisions when investing in stocks close to the sector average, not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to remove emotions from investment decisions and place them on fundamentals, while not being too far from the majority of investors. 
Persons who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock. The net asset value of each company is incorporated into the chart. Investors can use this measure in assessing stock values. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends that are paid or are due to be paid and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts, along with the closing volume of the highest bid and the lowest offer for each company.